george floyd protests
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Portland Mayor Tells Cops to Stop Using Deafening Sound Cannon to Break Up Protests
Police in Portland, Oregon deployed a controversial sound cannon to disperse protestors early Friday morning, the Willamette Week reported. Called a long-range acoustic device or LRAD, it can generate a piercing tone so loud that its potential to cause serious health effects has resulted in a federal lawsuit.
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Minneapolis Cops Sued for Shooting, Beating, and Gassing Over a Dozen Journalists
The ACLU has filed a class-action lawsuit against Minnesota authorities on behalf of journalists whom state and local police were filmed beating, shooting, gassing, and arresting during protests against the police killing of George Floyd.